Barcelona came out 2-1 winners on the road against Osasuna over the weekend. Osasuna took a deserved lead in the 17th minute, and nearly held on if not for some controversial decisions that fell the way of Barcelona.
Osasuna really gave FCB all they could handle, an early score, and they held out until nearly the end until Messi put a brace into the net and secured a difficult 3 points.
Tito saw his first sending off, as he was shipped to the stands in the 73rd for protesting a call. Shortly thereafter Osuasuna saw Punal sentr off following the first Messi goal for protesting a offsides non- call. WIth Osasuna down to ten mes, Messi was able to bag the winner. During the match, Puyol fractures a cheekbone during a set piece, but is expected to be available during this evenings second leg of the supercopa de espana.
Looking to tonights match up with Madrid, there have been more stats then usual being thrown about. Some of my favorites include;
-If Barcelona wins, they will take the first lead in the head to head record in nearly 80 years.
-Mourinho's Madrid are off to his personal worst start to a season ever, and the worst start to a Madrid season since the 1970's.
-Mou has yet to win a Classico at the Bernabeu.
Heading into Madrid with a 3-2 advantage will be critical to getting Tito his first trophy in charge of FCB. Madrid clearly haven't been their best, so I am optimistic for a Barca win. Hopefully by the next update. Barca will have another trophy in the cabinet.
Visca Barca!
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